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WVU pass rusher coach Adams still learning team

MORGANTOWN — Defensive ends coach Deke Adams had a unique offseason compared to the rest of West Virginia football’s coaching staff. There were other changes, like Rick Trickett is the new offensive line coach and Jay Boulware is the new running backs coach, but those two were hired well before the roster was set. Adams was hired after pass rushers specialist Larry Knight took the Georgia linebackers job in the middle of February. Adams was announced to fill the defensive end job on March 2. “Our truck showed up yesterday at our house, kind of dropped everything off, and this ...

Spring Sports Stars (4/6)

SOFTBALL *Jaiden Vargas and Payten Mackey each went 2 for 3 with a home run and a double in Parkersburg South’s 10-1 win over Riverside. Vargas tallied four runs-batted-in while Mackey scored three runs and drove in two. Annie Shelton pitched a five-inning complete game with one walk and 11 strikeouts. *Jessa Anderson went 3 for 4 with a double and four runs-batted-in in Magnolia’s 10-6 win over Frontier. Olivia Hohman and BellaSockman drove in two runs apiece while Sidney Knight and Aerie Varner had two hits each. Varner also pitched a complete game. For the Cougars, Katie ...

Scoreboard (4/6)

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL St. Joe’s 10, Gilmer County 5 S 013 013 2 — 10 10 1 G 021 002 0 — 5 6 5 WP: J. Courts 5.2 IP, 3 BB, 2 SO B. McDowell 1.1 IP, 1 BB, 1 SO LP: K.Holbert 5.2 IP, 3 BB, 8 SO R. Huffman 1 IP, 1 BB, 2 SO J. Stewart .1 IP, 0 BB, 1 SO Leading hitters St. Joe’s: C. Kellar 2-4, 2 2Bs, 2 RBIs; B. McDowell 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs; M. Watts 2-5, 2 Rs, RBI; H. Moosavi 1-3, 2Rs; B. Runyon 2-4, 2 RBIs Gilmer: R. Page 1-4, 2B; R. Huffman 1-3, 2 Rs, RBI; L. Grogg 2-2, RBI HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Magnolia 10, Frontier 6 F 201 210 0 — 6 4 ...

UCF tops WVU 5-1 to take series

GRANVILLE — Having begun the season picked to finish 10th in the Big 12 this season, UCF walked out of Kendrick Family Ballpark on Sunday afternoon having made an impressive statement to the rest of the conference. The 23rd-ranked Knights are for real. UCF starting pitcher Camden Wicker ...

Latimer brothers reunited to make impact at WVU

MORGANTOWN — Geimere and Amari Latimer played a lot of 1-on-1 basketball growing up. Geimere, who is now a senior at West Virginia, would always beat Amari, who is now a freshman, because he’s four years older. But, as Amari grew up, he got bigger, and Geimere stopped growing. The games became a lot more competitive. “He started beating me,” Geimere said. Now, four years later since Geimere started playing college ball, the Latimer brothers have reunited on the Mountaineers. They are still having the 1-on-1s with Amari at running back and Geimere in the secondary at nickel ...

South plates 11 in 8th to beat rival PHS, 19-8

PARKERSBURG — Round one of the Parkersburg versus Parkersburg South new rivalry in the Mountain State Athletic Conference went to the Patriots here Saturday afternoon at Bennett Stump Field inside City Park as the Big Reds watched a 4-1 lead going to the sixth turn into a 19-8 ...